Belgian examined at hospital after hard blow to the h🀅ꦗead
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Belgium's Leif Hoste (Katusha) had a serious crash and was forced🌞 to withdraw. (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Leif Hoste (Katusha) crashed heavily in the o💜pening stage. (Image credit: www.ispaphoto.com)
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Leif Hoste ൲(Katusha) was a frightful sight after his crash. (Image credit: www.ispaphoto.com)
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Leif Hoste (Katusha) cras⛦hed heavily and suffered injuries to his face. (Image credit: www.ispaphoto.com)
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Leif Hoste (Katusha) was forced out of the Three Days of De Panne after a crash on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage one. The 33-year-old Belgian, who was using the race as a warm up for this weekend's Tour of Flanders, crashed hard, hitting his head. H𝔉e lost at least one tooth, while also suffering a wound above his right eye.
He was taken to hospital where scans revealed no lasting damage. It is not yet clear whetไher he will race this weekend but he will undergo surgery tomorrow on his teeth.
"Leif suffered🍰 from a really bad fall," sai💫d Bart Leysen, Team Katusha's sport director
"He won't be able to finish the competition. Now he's at the hospital for more examinations, and especially suturing the bad wound over his eye. Tonight, after the medical response, we will decide if he can make some traini🦹ng [rides] before Ronde Van Vlaanderen or keep him for the race, where he is a𓄧n important rider for us."
Hoste s🍸igned with Katusha for 2011 after four seasons with Lotto. He has finished fourth in Paris-Roubaix and has been 𝔉a runner-up on three occasions in the Tour of Flanders.
His best result this season was se𝄹ꦍventh in Dwars doors Vlaanderen.
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